Batman's sidekick Robin to be killed in comic book

Batman's sidekick, Robin, is to be killed battling a brutal enemy in Wednesday's issue of the "Batman Incorporated" comic book, the New York Post reported.

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"He saves the world. He does his job as Robin," writer Grant Morrison told the newspaper.

"He dies an absolute hero."

This particular incarnation of Robin is the 10-year-old, illegitimate son of billionaire Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman, and Talia, the beautiful daughter of one of his enemies, Ra's al Ghul, the Post said.